Discuss the expansion of home health services. Include the reasons for the increase in home care, the types of services provided, and which health care occupations make home visits
Reasons: shorter hospital stays, more chronic diseases, increasing number of elderly citizens, advances in equipment allowing more procedures to be done in the home
Services: nursing; physical, occupational, and speech therapy; social workers; personal care; housekeeping tasks, shopping, transportation
Occupations: nurses, therapists and therapy assistants, certified nursing assistants, and home health aides
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